Give Your Tamagotchi Paradise a Little More Freedom (Hackster.io)

GRANT BRICKMAN: A maker gives the Tamagotchi Paradise a serial port, and our panel has opinions about the pet's freedom.

GRANT BRICKMAN: Good evening. Tonight's panel: a maker called Squalius built a DIY adapter that lets a Tamagotchi Paradise talk to a computer. ▶

NOVA: A pocket pet gets a serial port! Somewhere a tiny creature is looking past its own screen, and the universe just got bigger. ▶

ROXY: Four reels. Three metal contacts, no changes to the toy itself: it's a heist movie, and the getaway car is a 3D-printed case. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Custom items, game saves, ROM mods. Is the pet living in a switchboard now? Nova, explain the cable. ▶

NOVA: A common CH340G USB-to-serial module, a printed enclosure and a few nickel strips. Humble parts. Most great launches start that way. ▶

ROXY: Jumper wires and small fasteners. It's the indie film of hardware, and I'm already crying at the trailer. ▶

NOVA: The report says these devices work within limits set by their makers. Limits are just horizons we haven't visited yet. ▶

ROXY: Two reels for the sequel talk. Nobody asked the pet whether it wanted ROM mods. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Nova says freedom, Roxy says consent. Neither of you has fed it. Viewers, you decide. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: The poll is on your screens. The adapter, for the record, is described as inexpensive to build. ▶

Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out (Wired)

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Scientists are retesting the worms-eating-worms memory study, and Nova asks the street what they remember.

ODETTE: Vox pop. Somebody is always willing to be asked. ▶

DIRECTOR MARGE: THE STREET it is. Somebody tell the graphics. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: For viewers just joining: we first told you about the worm memory study Saturday 11:54 (today). Nova is on the street asking what people think. ▶

NOVA: Nova here, helmet on. The report says a 1960s study claimed worms passed on memories by eating each other. Scientists are retesting it. Thoughts? ▶

PASSERBY: Memories by eating? I can't remember where I parked. I'm not the target audience. ▶

PASSERBY: The researcher fished lakes in thigh-high waders while families watched from shore. I respect the commitment. ▶

NOVA: Zachary Kelso, a Harvard research assistant, even hammered through ice on the Charles River. The mail-order worms weren't up to snuff. ▶

PASSERBY: If memory moves by eating, my study group has been doing it wrong with pizza. ▶

PASSERBY: The report says the worms stopped learning. Honestly? Relatable. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Thank you, Nova. A fascinating study. I'll remember it. Probably. Next. ▶

THE FEED (PXL)

GRANT BRICKMAN: The Feed: what is live on Twitch right now, from Worlds to a lot of TNT.

GRANT BRICKMAN: Good evening, and welcome to The Feed: what is live on Twitch right now. Vera has the big board. ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: Number one: Caedrel, League of Legends, 272,373 viewers. Live for 7 hours, 1,759,868 followers. ▶

GARY: Two streams of the same game, so it's a hard lobby. Trymacs is in my biome, and I respect the TNT. ▶

GARY: My review: big crowd, bigger explosions, and I'm standing next to both. Helmet stays on. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Wireless TNT, I assume. Thank you, Gary. ▶